Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony

Carol Bellamy, who assumed office as the fourth executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in May of 1995, has exhibited an interest in and commitment to health, nutrition, education and other issues of concern to children throughout much of her distinguished and notably varied career.

During her time at UNICEF, one of Ms. Bellamy's priorities was the restructuring of the organization to ensure that its efforts to provide children with health care, education, and protection from neglect and abuse continued in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.

Prior to UNICEF, Ms. Bellamy was director of the US Peace Corps. She was the first returned volunteer to serve as head of the organization, which has 6,500 volunteers in more than 90 countries.

During her five years in the New York State Senate (1973-77) and as the first woman president of the New York City Council (1978-85), much of her work focused on increasing social services to children and reducing the infant mortality rate throughout the state. Ms. Bellamy also initiated campaigns to improve prenatal care for low-income women and to increase immunization rates among New York City's children.

Ms. Bellamy graduated from the New York University of Law in 1968 and from Gettysburg College in 1963. She is a former Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Award Presenter

Introducing Ms. Bellamy is Eric Stover, director of the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center and adjunct professor of public health. Mr. Stover is internationally acclaimed for his human rights work, particularly on behalf of children in such war-torn areas of the world as Bosnia and Rwanda.

	1999 International Hero Carol Bellamy, J.D. Former executive director, United Nations Children's Fund, and former Peace Corps director	Other 1999 Heroes National Mark A. Rothstein Regional L. Martin Griffin, M.D., M.P.H. Organizational Glide Memorial United Methodist Church of San Francisco
1999 International Hero - Carol Bellamy, J.D. Carol Bellamy, who assumed office as the fourth executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in May of 1995, has exhibited an interest in and commitment to health, nutrition, education and other issues of concern to children throughout much of her distinguished and notably varied career. During her time at UNICEF, one of Ms. Bellamy's priorities was the restructuring of the organization to ensure that its efforts to provide children with health care, education, and protection from neglect and abuse continued in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. Prior to UNICEF, Ms. Bellamy was director of the US Peace Corps. She was the first returned volunteer to serve as head of the organization, which has 6,500 volunteers in more than 90 countries. During her five years in the New York State Senate (1973-77) and as the first woman president of the New York City Council (1978-85), much of her work focused on increasing social services to children and reducing the infant mortality rate throughout the state. Ms. Bellamy also initiated campaigns to improve prenatal care for low-income women and to increase immunization rates among New York City's children. Ms. Bellamy graduated from the New York University of Law in 1968 and from Gettysburg College in 1963. She is a former Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Award Presenter Introducing Ms. Bellamy is Eric Stover, director of the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center and adjunct professor of public health. Mr. Stover is internationally acclaimed for his human rights work, particularly on behalf of children in such war-torn areas of the world as Bosnia and Rwanda.